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Grade 1 · English Language Arts · Unit 14 of 16

True, Pretend and Opinions

What is real, what is pretend, and why people think differently.

What your child practises

Practises telling what could be true from what is make-believe, noticing that people see the same thing differently, seeing people like us in books, and giving an opinion with a reason.

Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: ELA.1.B3.1, ELA.1.B3.2, ELA.1.B3.3, ELA.1.B3.4 · seeing ourselves in texts, what could be true or false, different viewpoints and sharing opinions with reasons

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which could be true?

    • Owls are made of ice.
    • Owls drive trucks.
    • Owls fly at night.

  2. Question 2

    Which sentence is false?

    • Snow is white.
    • Snow is cold.
    • Snow is warm.

  3. Question 3

    You see only one kind of family in a book. What can you say?

    • That family is wrong
    • I wish I could see my family too
    • Nobody else exists

  4. Question 4

    Which sentence shares an opinion about a story?

    • The book is on the shelf.
    • The cover is green.
    • I liked the ending.

  5. Question 5

    Two friends ride the same roller coaster. One loves it. The other does not. Why?

    • People can feel differently
    • One is wrong
    • One did not ride

  6. Question 6

    Which one might be true in a nonfiction book?

    • Bees drive buses.
    • Bees live on Mars.
    • Bees help flowers make seeds.

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